I also had to take a loyalty oath when I went to work for the U. of California to work there.
so, like if Calfornia seceded from the Union, you'd have to fight on their side?
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I also had to take a loyalty oath when I went to work for the U. of California to work there.
so, like if Calfornia seceded from the Union, you'd have to fight on their side?
so, like if Calfornia seceded from the Union, you'd have to fight on their side?
Dude, I'm fighting for CA. Our economy may be kerfucked, but we have awesome wineries and breweries, plus The Mystery Spot. What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
North Dakota has more nukes?
(Or is it South Dakota?)
I'm not sure where Missouri would come down in such a Civil War. There's a history of swinging both ways when it comes to such matters.
So we just made the decision to pull Nate from middle school and enroll him in Florida Virtual school. With the beginning of the school year just over a week away, he had been getting more and more stressed and fretful and it was manifesting in physical symptoms (stomach aches and throwing up) and emotional outbursts-- like bursting into tears when the doctor innocently asked him about school.
I know that school, in general, can be stressful, and I know the public schools as a whole, have got shit issues with budget cuts, but as a trained teacher, it infuriates me no end that the teachers are so willing to throw a kid like Nate to the wolves rather than try to work with us to figure out what's best for him. I know they've got thirty kids they have to shuffle in every hour, but I really hate them trying to make me feel as if my kid's some kind of spoiled brat because he doesn't fit within the comfy, socionormative parameters that would make life easier for them.
So I guess I'm a homeschooling mom again. Now to talk to Abby and see if she wants to do this or not.
That sounds stressful. I hope it goes well. Being a trained teacher has to help. We've been lucky so far with a principal who has been willing to work with us.
There's a history of swinging both ways when it comes to such matters.
I've been trying to come up with something to respond to this properly, but I'm too asleep.
Poor Nate with the stress. Lucky Nate with the mom that is Barb!
(((DJ))) I didn't know about the miscarriage. I'm so sorry.